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SCA: security update for github.com/opencontainers/runc (GHSA-g2j6-57v7-gm8c)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414793

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found
 that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount
 configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR
 #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted
 container image. (CVE-2023-28642)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2j6-57v7-gm8c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 414793

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28642

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28642